A History of Britain - The Humans Arrive (1 Million BC - 8000 BC)

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  • DISCLAIMER I initially made this video as part of a fun hobby project without thinking it would get this much attention. I used a bunch of other peoples artwork and music to do it and as such this video is not monetised in any way. If you are the owner of any of the content in this video please get in touch via my email address included in my channel info.
    In this first episode we go back to the very beginning of human life in Britain.
    Note: The exact identity of the human species found at Happisburgh is a little more up in the air than this video makes it sound. Currently academic consensus looks to be moving towards Homo antecessor as the correct identity, however the stone tools found at Pakefield and Boxgrove are almost certainly from Homo heidelbergensis. This was simplified to Homo heidelbergensis in the video for the sake of brevity. Homo heidelbergensis may also have been ambush predators on top of scavengers and fishers.
    #History #Britain #StoneAge

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  • @brendanm6921
    @brendanm6921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1487

    This guy has literally worked really hard at gathering research and using it to put together an educational video and on top of that he's clearly doing his absolute best at making it fun and interesting. This is very clearly his passion and that passion comes through in his presentation. So how do his viewers respond? Oh yes, they insult him for the way he speaks and say that they stopped watching soon into the video because of it. See, stuff like this is why we can't have nice things. This awesome guy has earned my sub for sure and I'll be watching more of his videos and to all the people who feel the need to insult how he talks, piss off and make your own educational channel to see how easy it is!

    • @williammcilwraith9304
      @williammcilwraith9304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The clovis people crossed the Bering land bridge to get into North America.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@williammcilwraith9304
      They'd have been stopped, seperated and put in cages and jail by Trump.

    • @70stunes71
      @70stunes71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree!!!!!

    • @enantiomer2000
      @enantiomer2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Relax Brendan. Haters gonna hate.

    • @rh1507
      @rh1507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@williammcilwraith9304 Well yeah. The T.S.A., Black Panthers, Klan, Boy Scouts, N.R.A. and a rouge Teamsters Union had to put the Clovis People in place.

  • @JoeMcKnz
    @JoeMcKnz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    Imagine somewhere like London as a huge, luscious forest. I'd love to see a movie based on prehistoric Britain. It makes modern day geopolitics seem so tribal.

    • @eweunkettles8207
      @eweunkettles8207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      is this how britain was when we were all happy europeans
      then brexit came along
      then SNP caused a seismic fault and england became little england

    • @jamaphy8621
      @jamaphy8621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@eweunkettles8207 cringe

    • @davidsilverfield835
      @davidsilverfield835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @Earthstar444
      @Earthstar444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m writing a story kinda like that but it’s an alternate universe

    • @georgemachin7594
      @georgemachin7594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Watch last kingdom it’s alright tbf

  • @lunettasuziejewel2080
    @lunettasuziejewel2080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Finding out that people have been ceremonially burying their dogs for 12,000 years made me unexpectedly emotional 🥺🥺

    • @angr3819
      @angr3819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought all of Britain was still under ice then.

    • @lunettasuziejewel2080
      @lunettasuziejewel2080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@angr3819 iirc the "12,000 years" referred to general/global human-dog partnership, not Britain specifically

    • @agoniaXdunya
      @agoniaXdunya 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And now is modern countries you have the option of cremating alone or in the pile…

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I've got 4 dogs in my small back garden, a cat, a goldfish, 3 budgies... Archaeologists are gonna love it.

    • @davehoward22
      @davehoward22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Allways been dog lovers

  • @Haybear_92
    @Haybear_92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I didn't realise till I read the comments that this wasn't a professional production, its incredible! So well made and such great detail all presented in an accessible way. Can't wait to watch the rest of the videos.
    You must be incredibly proud of your work and how it has helped educate so many people.

    • @Whiterun_Gaurd
      @Whiterun_Gaurd ปีที่แล้ว

      I think its safe to say that The Histocrat is a professional by now.

    • @suzanneaufang4976
      @suzanneaufang4976 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bullshit!!!!! IF you believe this looks professionally made, THEN you are in seriously need of psychological analysis AND serious therapy!!!!!

    • @judeross3875
      @judeross3875 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a professional production.

  • @intrograted792
    @intrograted792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    To all the uptalk complainers... don't go visit Australia. We'll do your head in.
    I love a doco that tells it plain and doesn't rely on cinema volume music and a melodramtic voice over to tell the story. Good job.

    • @Philmoscowitz
      @Philmoscowitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Australian uptalk is nice, at least to this American's ear. It has a bit of a sing-songy attitude to it. But this guy's uptalking sounds like either he's an imbecile or he's talking to one. I know it's his natural accent, but it's annoying AF.

    • @robinac6897
      @robinac6897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Philmoscowitz I'm English too and it's just as annoying to me. It's not an accent just a bad habit that needs curing.

    • @Philmoscowitz
      @Philmoscowitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@robinac6897 - It's gotten really bad in America. It started in the early 1980s with the Valley Girl style of talking and then spread to the rest of the country.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Philmoscowitz
      They borrowed it from Oz and NZ.

    • @patverum9051
      @patverum9051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who's uptalking?? Greetings from NZ.

  • @LorePlayingGames
    @LorePlayingGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    That's one hell of a Brexit they did a few times during those glacial eras.

    • @isaweesaw
      @isaweesaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      And we left without a deal!

    • @hannahdyson6580
      @hannahdyson6580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Col. George S. Patton, Sr. and it was not great ...given that the USA and commonweath didnt exist and the fact their lotalty isnt guranteed .

    • @CJDJgamer
      @CJDJgamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@isaweesaw So looking forward to tribes of up to 20 people here and there. Nice one. All we need now are the caves.

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and it was all down to those messages on the sides of passing glaciers.

    • @donrobertson4940
      @donrobertson4940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Got it done more quickly than Boris had managed

  • @michaelportaloo1981
    @michaelportaloo1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +808

    Stonehenge will look good when it's finished.

    • @assassin0547
      @assassin0547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      michael portaloo
      No you silly fuck it’s an ancient building by cave men who risked their life 🤦‍♀️

    • @michaelportaloo1981
      @michaelportaloo1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@assassin0547 The Coloseum will look even better when that's finished

    • @shhindig
      @shhindig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Slackers

    • @funkyfiss
      @funkyfiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Once the outdoor pool and bar are put in, it will be great for summer!

    • @arjunsatheesh7609
      @arjunsatheesh7609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Well its with the government civil works department now, its never getting finished.

  • @Aritro77
    @Aritro77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    This is an absolutely magnificent video, the best I've seen during my recent early humans TH-cam binge. Appreciably better than even some of the good quality professionally made stuff I've seen from PBS and the like. Research is impeccable, the writing is clear and demonstrates a good understanding of how people absorb chunks of information, and the huge number of images you've assembled made the whole thing more vivid than any other documentary I've seen. Keep it up mate.

  • @hollyfanatic8686
    @hollyfanatic8686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Brilliant!! Great lecturer!! Good to hear a narrative without drowning music in background!!👍once again first class!!

    • @chrisyates8115
      @chrisyates8115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree! Unnecessary!!

    • @sh856531
      @sh856531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah - I switch off whenever I hear music

    • @christianfoster3806
      @christianfoster3806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking he should have had the classic hit Stonehenge! by one of of England's loudest bands, Spinal Tap, playing on a loop in the background. You know, to give it some authenticity. But what do I know?

  • @terencemagee
    @terencemagee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I never expected my small village of Hanningfield to appear on a map of a history of Britain. And the river Thames running through the local town of Chelmsford. That really is something!

    • @jbtv5617
      @jbtv5617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same as the village of St osyth near clacton, very interesting!

    • @jayvynn2391
      @jayvynn2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jbtv5617 big up Essex and colchester xD

    • @jbtv5617
      @jbtv5617 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jayvynn2391 Oi oi lol 💯

  • @karenu.1853
    @karenu.1853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Hello from Panama 🇵🇦 I had to study and summarize this interesting video for my British History and Culture class. Regards.

    • @richardmason902
      @richardmason902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice

    • @QWERTY-ri5yw
      @QWERTY-ri5yw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello 👋🏻

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably a good idea your teacher didn't notice dovahratty 😂😂 - would love to be a fly on the wall for that lesson *go mudhutters* !!

  • @richardrochester6507
    @richardrochester6507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Thank you to the producer/s of this film - it is one of the clearest explanations of early human life in Britain I have come accross - absolutely fascinating.

    • @sabejreid2072
      @sabejreid2072 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And no stupid talk of 'Climate Change'

    • @donutreactions
      @donutreactions ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sabejreid2072 It's a million years ago you idiot

    • @aeroengines1
      @aeroengines1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree.

    • @SteveWarlee
      @SteveWarlee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well U are a Rochester, so cannot see U grasping any other avenues really!!!

  • @dasbouef13
    @dasbouef13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    I’ve seen BBC documentaries on this subject that were far less informative than this video at twice the length. Great work!

    • @MW-cx3sb
      @MW-cx3sb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Because BBC are against the British people, caucasians and the western world as we know it in general.

    • @kstringer24
      @kstringer24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Except wivout va speech impediment

    • @blumie006
      @blumie006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      BBC is just anti white propaganda most tv is without u even realizing it making u feel guilty of being white so they can eventually wiped our culture out with mass immigration

    • @charlieost
      @charlieost 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jaysus. You people actually believe the bullshit you are spouting. Britain, a nation of donkeys ruled by donkeys.

    • @Pstephen
      @Pstephen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@MW-cx3sb - Do grow up, for christ's sake.

  • @haraldwilhelmsen5490
    @haraldwilhelmsen5490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Re. all the comments about the presenter's inflection: my first language was Norwegian, and I found his speech very easy and comfortable on my ear and brain. I wish everybody delivered the English language that way. A very enjoyable presentation.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tuusen tak! He could answer that.

    • @JoeMartinMusic
      @JoeMartinMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, it's great you can understand, but ultimately it's wrong and changes the meaning of what he's saying, in a technical sense. Great vid tho.

    • @TehScareM8
      @TehScareM8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoeMartinMusic when?

    • @JoeMartinMusic
      @JoeMartinMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TehScareM8 the entire vid

    • @jayvynn2391
      @jayvynn2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JoeMartinMusic so what exactly is wrong with his delivery as a British who grew up in Essex/east Anglia I don’t see anything wrong in fact many of the teachers I’ve had in humanity’s have sounded very similar to the man in this video

  • @beardedcanadian2190
    @beardedcanadian2190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    I love hearing that Age of Empires music. So nostalgic.

    • @tomite2001
      @tomite2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nostalgic? Have you been here before? Are you a reincarnation? 🤣🤣🤣

    • @beardedcanadian2190
      @beardedcanadian2190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tomite2001 Sometimes I wish

    • @ianrobson9601
      @ianrobson9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Less of the, "nostalgic" , I still play Age of Empires

    • @KRDecade2009
      @KRDecade2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You don’t just stop playing age of empires. To stop playing age of empires is heresy

    • @tomite2001
      @tomite2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS What have I said to warrant your stupid response? Why must everything be political? I just made a light joke which your silly ass will never comprehend. Hold on to your past for dear life, if you want!

  • @johanolsson2207
    @johanolsson2207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Watching this from Canterbury right now during a trip through Scotland and England. What a gem of a video - educational, fun, visually pleaseing and articulate. Cheers for making my trip even more interesting 👏

    • @freyatilly
      @freyatilly หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also warching from Kent here. On the east coast.

  • @DNTMEE
    @DNTMEE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +411

    The humans arrive ... The animals look at each other and think "Well, there goes the neighborhood."

    • @johnglennmercury7
      @johnglennmercury7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Delightfully misanthropic statement.

    • @wilburmcbride8096
      @wilburmcbride8096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, You had Tigers in Europe at that time and now you don't.

    • @goatboy150
      @goatboy150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reeeee!

    • @dunruden9720
      @dunruden9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why are most TH-cam historians incapable of enunciating the "th" sound?

    • @hardlyfunny3661
      @hardlyfunny3661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There goes the neighborhood

  • @fe_lipeocostac
    @fe_lipeocostac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    For a non native english speaker, I could listen and understand it pretty clear. The tone is pretty similar to the tone we use here in ptbr, so it was confortable for me.

    • @goblinbollocks2838
      @goblinbollocks2838 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where is ptbr

    • @fe_lipeocostac
      @fe_lipeocostac 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goblinbollocks2838 brazilian portuguese in brazilian portuguese.

    • @goblinbollocks2838
      @goblinbollocks2838 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fe_lipeocostac thankyou

    • @RustedCroaker
      @RustedCroaker 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. He's one of those rare specimens of British islands who's perfectly understandable for non native speakers.

  • @BallyBoy95
    @BallyBoy95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Damn this was fascinating to watch. Don't mind the narrator's inflection, I enjoyed it all. Great video, keep up the fab work!

  • @ExperTeas
    @ExperTeas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I found your videos awhile back and am now making the effort to binge-watch all of them. Your work and research into these videos as well as how you present them is staggering, and I thoroughly enjoy both listening and watching these throughout the day. Whereas I normally just turn on the audio and then tune out with these historical videos I now find myself sitting down completely enraptured by it. This isn't background noise. This is art, and you have done excellent work with your presentation!

  • @raybohn7
    @raybohn7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    As a Yankee, I found this presentation to be fascinating. Thank you

    • @janesmith9024
      @janesmith9024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes, I am from the UK and think it is one of the best I have seen about this era.

    • @richardmason902
      @richardmason902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Me too.

    • @ricardomaccotta8936
      @ricardomaccotta8936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@janesmith9024 It is a great one
      Try - Fall of civilizations - or - HistoryMarche -- They are awesome with fantastic Docs about England (and others too(

    • @densonjc
      @densonjc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ricardomaccotta8936 ur clutch

  • @snowflakemelter1172
    @snowflakemelter1172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    The first human in Britain built a hut, this second one refused planning permission and tore it down.

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL

    • @jasondecharleroy4161
      @jasondecharleroy4161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I always thought the BBC licensing fee got him

    • @diannesmithett8133
      @diannesmithett8133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rufus Chucklebutty lol. True

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who built the first corner shop?

    • @lukebable
      @lukebable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@colinp2238 Mr Edwin Robert Corner...of course.......................

  • @billyandrew
    @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Good to see we still practice the ancient rites of Doggerland in car parks and laybys.
    😜😂😂😂😂

  • @isabellaangeline2175
    @isabellaangeline2175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the type of history lesson I’ve been looking for!
    You’re voice is very calming as well. Thank you so much for putting together all of these videos, my friend! 💃🏼

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Compared to some of the other present day inhabitants of Britain, you were better off with the Neanderthals.

    • @williammcilwraith9304
      @williammcilwraith9304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Alexander Challis What has politics got to do with a History blog?

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Joey Jamison*
      Better Britain than being a zionist slave in the US and unaware of it.
      All but a few of them are totally ignorant not only of that legal fact, but that they have two constitutions.
      Talked about being dumbed down and ignorant!
      Lmao.

    • @chrisgibson5267
      @chrisgibson5267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey Joey, lay off of my ancestors will you!
      The pre-scientific view of the Neanderthal as a stooped apeman has been discredited and their contribution to our development is now recognised as beneficial.
      Now, where'd I put me club?

    • @dayleclarke4433
      @dayleclarke4433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrisgibson5267 don't ruin people's dream that because we have technology we are more advanced in every way. They think Romans were a different species so forget those sapien monkeys from 50,000+ years ago. 😂

    • @peaknonsense2041
      @peaknonsense2041 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billyandrew

  • @bmfilmnut
    @bmfilmnut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    What an incredibly interesting and well-made series! Thank you for making and posting these.

    • @jayvynn2391
      @jayvynn2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Donna Clark what

  • @VinDcator
    @VinDcator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Hard to imagine the consciousness of mankind back then and even harder to comprehend the thousands of years between geological events that shaped the country.

  • @jacobreeves3110
    @jacobreeves3110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When he talks about the arrival of modern humans I got the chills. A product of nature, that now can manipulate nature.

  • @MrGiorgioud
    @MrGiorgioud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    That was just brilliant! Thanks for putting it together thus enlightening someone like me who knew little about prehistory....well done!

  • @videoswithsubscribers-xk5hb
    @videoswithsubscribers-xk5hb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Imagine being on Doggerland as it was slowly being swallowed up by the sea and knowing that your descendants were going to die there.

    • @markofsaltburn
      @markofsaltburn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      10,000 videos with 0 subscribers You don’t have to try to hard to imagine it. The British Isles are in that position now.

    • @richwiz2
      @richwiz2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or, imagine watching the giant wave coming towards the land and knowing that everyone will be dead within moments.

    • @donrobertson4940
      @donrobertson4940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or, you know, move.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The massive landslide from Norway seems a better option...a huge, sudden tsunami, drowning them all quickly.

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@donrobertson4940
      Probably didn't have time to build boats, if trees were available, or learn to swim, if they were hit by a tsunami.

  • @petesessa2041
    @petesessa2041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was the best half hour I've spent on TH-cam in a couple of years. I'm hooked. You have a new subscriber.

    • @petesessa2041
      @petesessa2041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RPG 808 It's nice to see that Neanderthals have found a new place to occupy space in the evolutionary landfill. Let us know when you start walking upright.

  • @kayanoreeves1949
    @kayanoreeves1949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Amazing how the ancients used to move the rocks at Stonehenge forward an hour for daylight savings. Incredible humans!

    • @reallyryan_
      @reallyryan_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      While they were playing with stones were playing with space rockets. not that incredible.

    • @NusquamTamenVerum
      @NusquamTamenVerum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@reallyryan_ the average human now still doesn't fully understand the concept of daylight savings

    • @biggusdickus1802
      @biggusdickus1802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@reallyryan_ what are you talking about lmao

    • @elijah1110
      @elijah1110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@reallyryan_ …. What

    • @sampuatisamuel9785
      @sampuatisamuel9785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kayano Reeves What planet are you from

  • @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1
    @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This must have taken a lot of time and effort. Respect!

  • @scouser2010ify
    @scouser2010ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    We have such amazing history in this country it’s just astounding some of it

  • @kurtmortimore3778
    @kurtmortimore3778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    “There was this one time. At band camp”

    • @scott.5304
      @scott.5304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahaha spot on!

    • @estellesilver8299
      @estellesilver8299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ha ha ha, yes 😂 So irritating! Also not forgetting the wiv and fink... fousand, frew, mammofs, cloving, wivvin, feories, etc.

    • @nickwebb8197
      @nickwebb8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ah, the American Pie meme: so 1999...
      Making fun of a person because of their accent. Takes a genius, doesn't it? Way to pick the low-hanging fruit, numbnuts.

    • @Philmoscowitz
      @Philmoscowitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nickwebb8197 - That may be his regional accent, but it's still annoying AF. Almost every form of "up-talking" is.

    • @nickwebb8197
      @nickwebb8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Philmoscowitz So what? Anyone who goes after someone else because of their accent is a twat. I can't stand the Mancunian accent. Again, so what? There's probably someone who doesn't care for my generic could-be-from-anywhere-in-the-U.S. accent. It's how I sound, partially my mother's Lincolnshire accent, and partially my late father's Pittsburgh accent, but with the rough edges smoothed out to the point it's so generic it's impossible to tell where I'm from, mostly because I moved a lot as a small boy and picked up bits of regional accents from each move.
      It's just dumb, and it's unnecessary. People made fun of the Pittsburgh Steelers' Terry Bradshaw's Louisiana accent. They thought he was dumb. He wasn't, and won 4 Super Bowl championships in 6 years, and ended up in the NFL's Hall of Fame. Not so dumb.

  • @thestraightroad305
    @thestraightroad305 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great series! I am so excited to have found this and eagerly looking forward to the next chapters-and the other treasures of your channel library. Thanks for the works of love you have made for us!

  • @andrewheffel3565
    @andrewheffel3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you so much for this wonderful history of the ancient British Isles.

  • @PooDotStinkPants
    @PooDotStinkPants 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    *Always great to see educational videos on You Tube, nice work!*

  • @BenjiQ575
    @BenjiQ575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hearing all the people complain about the narrator's inflection. Don't ever go to Australia, mates. You'll pass out before you make it to the hotel.

    • @Bewefau
      @Bewefau 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So all Australia's sounds like Valley girls? I have an Aussie friend he doesn't sound like that. He is very well spoken young man.

    • @BenjiQ575
      @BenjiQ575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bewefau All Australians use upwards inflection when speaking naturally, yes, but it doesn't sound like valley girl to us. Watch Married At First Sight if you want to hear the Australian valley girl accent.
      The friend of yours has probably spent a lot of time around people from other countries and toned down his accent accordingly.

    • @Bewefau
      @Bewefau 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunate Observer Steve Irwin didn’t sound like that.

    • @chad_bro_chill
      @chad_bro_chill 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoa, almost like Australia has a variety of accents or something, like every other place on Earth, imagine that.

    • @BenjiQ575
      @BenjiQ575 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bewefau Steve Irwin did indeed speak like that. It wasn't as pronounced, because Steve Irwin is a Queenslander, like myself, and we have a much more animated speaking pattern than the rest of Australia (except Northern Territory and most of Western Australia), and the inflection is often lost in the excitement.
      th-cam.com/video/RmKw_OH00Zg/w-d-xo.html
      In the very beginning, when he says the word "humanity" you can hear how Steve used upwards inflection.
      Australian is a funny accent, and a lot of things typical of most accents aren't typical of Australian. The inflection is one example, another is that we don't use the soft muscle at the back of our throat to speak, so a clear "aaah" in any other accent comes out as "ngaaah" in Australian, because the soft muscle doesn't open wide enough, and makes a lot of what we say sound like a drawl.

  • @alanmcrae8594
    @alanmcrae8594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Liked and subscribed. My wife is English and we both love paleontology, archaeology and other sciences of ancient human history (as well as physics, cosmology, and other sciences).
    The Histocrat did a great job of telling this story by piecing together various sources and overdubbing some intelligent narration. We actually prefer his straightforward intelligent academic approach over dramatic embellishments with distracting music.
    We've watched the first two videos in his series and I felt compelled to come back to the first one and say "Thanks! Well done sir."

  • @zzebowa
    @zzebowa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I think your accent and narration is perfectly OK, and actually quite good. THanks, a good and interesting vid.

    • @johnmcculloch5736
      @johnmcculloch5736 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes BUT that's the conning element.

    • @PhilipRhoadesP
      @PhilipRhoadesP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, the narration is good - EXCEPT for the conversion of "th" sounds to "f"s or "v"s . .

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree. I had no problem with the narrator's voice or accent. To be honest, I always prefer a narration with a UK accent (of which there are many) over many narrators with US accents.
      I'm Australian so it may be that I find them easier on my ear than a North American accent. It's also that many US narrations have a style that isn't appealing to me. This isn't right across the board but, to me, I'd rather this sort of accent and narration style.

    • @daveclarke68
      @daveclarke68 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Philip Rhoades P fanks

    • @spencerdodds2207
      @spencerdodds2207 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daveclarke68 haha

  • @mrpoolaty9194
    @mrpoolaty9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Found my new channel to listen to when going to sleep now!! Loving it!!

    • @msingh683
      @msingh683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂

    • @anaestrada6906
      @anaestrada6906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good to know I'm not alone in this 😅😅😅

  • @timmyt603
    @timmyt603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I enjoyed this. I thought it was well-paced. I'm American and had no issue at all with the delivery...keep doing what you're doing man because it's great!

    • @timmyt603
      @timmyt603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Immortal you're an idiot.

    • @H4mmerofD4wn
      @H4mmerofD4wn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Tim Tompkins I agree! I believe negative attributions to a person's way of speaking is purely the result of little to no exposure of their ear to others who live in other parts of the world. Over time, it wouldn't be an issue for disgruntled listeners, although I never found it distracting but, rather, found it endearing. :-)

    • @Jonathan-Pilkington
      @Jonathan-Pilkington 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "I'm American and had no issue at all with the delivery" The ignorance makes me cringe. I guess since an American has approved this "delivery" we can continue watching.

    • @ChiroVideosTVlondon
      @ChiroVideosTVlondon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tim Tompkins no, he’s right. It sounds normal on trashy American accents, but horrendous on an English accent.

    • @ChiroVideosTVlondon
      @ChiroVideosTVlondon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      H4mmerofD4wn actually, it’s the exact opposite - the people who don’t like the delivery are the ones who are worldly and understand it’s totally alien to British English delivery.

  • @fionnaheller1873
    @fionnaheller1873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Thank you - this was very enjoyable both for myself and my young grandchildren. There aren't that many who can cater to all age groups.

  • @robertburnett5561
    @robertburnett5561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So animals had a hundred thousand years without humans. What a great time for them. A big party when that happens again.

    • @lkjh3336
      @lkjh3336 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No respect at all. Get a life hippy

    • @glennw.4570
      @glennw.4570 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So, you support Agenda 21?

  • @versioncity1
    @versioncity1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks for the video, it's a good summary of history. I showed it to my 10 year old son and he took it all in very well and it obviously leads off to lots of questions and looking into certain times in greater depth.

  • @Aries-qp4eu
    @Aries-qp4eu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just want to thank you so much for all of your hard work. Your videos are always thorough and grounded in the evidence, archeological and otherwise. I watch a ton of documentaries, and so I sometimes feel like I end up effectively watching the same documentary over and over, without learning anything new. So, it's the highest compliment I can give to say I have learned much from every one of your videos I've watched. Bravo!
    Thank you so much. You have made this documentary junkie very happy.
    Cheers.

  • @paigeherrin29
    @paigeherrin29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    The “up” talking of the narrator is driving me crazy. Is he asking me a thousand questions?

    • @jackyoung7097
      @jackyoung7097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paige Herrin agreed, please learn to talk properly!

    • @wildcrocus
      @wildcrocus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The vocal fry is frying my brain.

    • @Cunning.Stunt7
      @Cunning.Stunt7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's trying to be Murican trying to be brit... Murican narrative is bad enough, but a brit, trying to be a murican, trying to be brit is Face Palm.
      We are renowned for being the best narrative of anything! We could read out the bible and make people believe. (Go figure)

    • @eamiihome4253
      @eamiihome4253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "this one time, at band camp"

    • @andyb6866
      @andyb6866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I so agree! The upturned inflexion is the reason I stopped watching and listening 12 minutes in.

  • @jamessparshott8885
    @jamessparshott8885 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Wonderful stuff. Topped off at the 26:44 mark with background music from Age of Empires 2. Bravo.

    • @TheHistocrat
      @TheHistocrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks, though honestly I think the music deserves more credit than me.

    • @Omertahun
      @Omertahun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      straight at the beginning Crusader Kings 2 score.

    • @cynicalpenguin
      @cynicalpenguin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Omertahun loved that
      Is that Stronghold 2 afterwards as well?

    • @anthonyhewitt9397
      @anthonyhewitt9397 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Age of empires greatest game ever. Age of kings

  • @kmiivera2399
    @kmiivera2399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I am not British but I[ m in love with its History is interesting

    • @IamINERT
      @IamINERT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm from Jamaica . I am really fascinated by the early history of Europe . Really interesting

    • @brubeck1
      @brubeck1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      most people who live there aren't , ha ha only kidding.

    • @jayvynn2391
      @jayvynn2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IamINERT Respect big up urself from England

  • @omarali262
    @omarali262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Maybe it's because I learned American English instead of British but so far as I can tell there's nothing wrong with the way this guy is speaking. I watched the entire video, just finished and moving on to part 2. Good stuff.

    • @omarali262
      @omarali262 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Charles White That’s how documentary people always talk in every documentary ever made

    • @yggdrasil4986
      @yggdrasil4986 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Charles White It's called a rhetorical question and it's a classic technique in rhetoric. I've actually studied it. Look up Logos, Ethos and Pathos and how rhetorical questions is a part of this (Pathos).

    • @denverrsouthers5531
      @denverrsouthers5531 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Charles White it's not that big of a deal

    • @jeeves6490
      @jeeves6490 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luckily enough all the whiners can make their own videos for comparison.
      Easy to criticise, not so easy to produce.

    • @Seyiu.
      @Seyiu. ปีที่แล้ว

      @Charles White well if you had any vigour you’d adapt to the speakers tends. I suggest you go to therapy. Clearly your upbringing has marked you badly…

  • @BillChild2njoy
    @BillChild2njoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Really received a great feel for the past of this area. With more Neanderthal variants than 64% of the other 23 and Me customers, I felt I could better relate to this ancient people who lived 300,000 to 200,000 years ago. Great maps and illustrations...

  • @scarrgk
    @scarrgk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wonderfully informative documentary. Great job, Thankyou!
    As an ex-pat Brit who has interacted with people from many different english-speaking,global communities, I found nothing extraordinary or disconcerting in your delivery.
    For those that did I’d add the following:
    Just because one culture (California Valley Girl) uses an upward lilt to mean something many in the US think of as uneducated/interminable, that doesn’t mean that all cultures use it for that purpose. Here it is used as more of an emphasis and an indicator of “more to come in following phrases” than a question mark. Don’t let your personal biases (we all have them) from your upbringing, lead you to miss the educational value in content like this, due to your own lack of exposure to other British-speaking communities. Histocrat is, after all, from the original land of us Brits!

    • @73Goodfellow
      @73Goodfellow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you think that people have never heard this accent before?
      His accent isn’t a problem, and it’s not the reason for his ridiculous uptalk.

    • @oakstrong1
      @oakstrong1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So can you tell me where the accent is from? I'm just curious. Most of the time I don't even notice accents any more, because practically every person I speak with comes from a different country and it's the communication that matters... but it would be nice to be able to have a guess where the next person is from.

  • @LoukoporJogos
    @LoukoporJogos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    finally a great recomendation from youtube. I love your channel. keep up the good work!!

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Very interesting thank you. So sad that people must make personal comments instead of commenting on the program. Sadly, it’s becoming the norm and it is not a good trait. Thanks again for a good program. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @sampuatisamuel9785
      @sampuatisamuel9785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed, this was amazing

    • @Jamie_Case
      @Jamie_Case 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not 'personal' to comment on the quality of the narration of this documentary. It's a production issue, that affects the enjoyment of the program. I love the content, I have great respect for the guy, but I can't bear to listen to the whole thing, which is very disappointing. I don't think it's fair to misrepresent people like me, who are making valid constructive criticism.

  • @kimb4285
    @kimb4285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very fascinating to watch and the narrator was very clear on what he said, very informative, love documentaries like this, now to find another one. Thank you for posting really enjoyed it.

  • @danrooc
    @danrooc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Very interesting and comprehensive video. It has a lot of information, not only regarding to human presence in the british isles, but also about climate, geology, etc. I really enjoyed it and learned from it.

    • @vvanderer
      @vvanderer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I recall seeing some news from prehistory recently, telling us that early humans were black. Time to tell the Klan and UKIP

    • @vvanderer
      @vvanderer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobjohnson7020 Why throwing rocks? Spears are a natural tool, and atkatis, woomeras, give great speed and accuracy

    • @RobertShyanNorwalt
      @RobertShyanNorwalt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Austin Woomeras? Is that deadly pussy?

    • @vvanderer
      @vvanderer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobjohnson7020 I make no claim to expertise other than a smattering of Neanderthal genes. However timber spears would not survive for millennia. Stone tips are not essential. Even today plenty of Aboriginal weapons are entirely wood. And timber spears kill. Indeed with fire hardening they can be very serious weapons. So how can this conjecture be scotched?

    • @djb3500
      @djb3500 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicely done.

  • @lindabennett9068
    @lindabennett9068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely fascinating! I wish we had learnt about this at school. It must have taken a lot of research to put this together. Many thanks and I look forward to watching other videos.

  • @YazzPott
    @YazzPott 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    The up-speak is out of control lmao

    • @lutze5086
      @lutze5086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hahaha he must get endless comments about this
      this was 2 years ago

    • @space_cadet2174
      @space_cadet2174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He doesn't talk this at all in the manuscript videos

    • @dickthomas4670
      @dickthomas4670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ahhh thats what they call it?

    • @seankayll9017
      @seankayll9017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Forced me to stop watching after about four minutes.

    • @tomiantenna7279
      @tomiantenna7279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same

  • @givemeurhats
    @givemeurhats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    He does a perfect impression of Stewie doing an impression of Brian's girlfriend Gillian

    • @jamesmueller8701
      @jamesmueller8701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "What the deuce" ...

    • @vinnydaq13
      @vinnydaq13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Mueller “ Damn you, mother! Damn you and your estrogenical tyranny!! “

    • @nikrobinson6672
      @nikrobinson6672 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @Mink-yu8nu
      @Mink-yu8nu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or Stewie asking Brian about his novel.

    • @danielace43
      @danielace43 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Upward inflection 😂😂 ‘like thiiiis’

  • @F.Krueger-cs4vk
    @F.Krueger-cs4vk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wow, amazingly interesting history lesson. 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Cheers from 🇦🇺

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You must have enjoyed his quasi-Australian accent lol.

  • @AlexxxxPanda
    @AlexxxxPanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was a great well put together video that kept me hooked. You clearly love what you do. You sir just got a new subscriber

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 4 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    "Ice melting produces water."
    Woah woah, slow down there, egghead.

    • @PKAmedia
      @PKAmedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Hey I once saw a magician turn melting ice into an adorable bunny. You can never be to sure about these things.
      Although um, it is possible their show wasn't peer reviewed and published....

    • @erlybird3122
      @erlybird3122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Woah, Woah...isn't woah spelled "w-h-o-a"? ;-)

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thats just a Theory... a conspiracy Theory... and probably racist.

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@erlybird3122 Woah is spelled woah and whoa is spelled whoa.

    • @aspenrebel
      @aspenrebel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What!!? Really!!? I didn't know that.

  • @The_Butler_Did_It
    @The_Butler_Did_It 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Dogger land? I thought that was in the car-park behind Tesco's on a Friday night.

    • @stanettiels7367
      @stanettiels7367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Butler Did It
      Ahhh. I see you are a man of culture as well. 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻.

    • @davejones9503
      @davejones9503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL just what I thought.

    • @ollienang7253
      @ollienang7253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This actually made me laugh hard irl

    • @Sgt__Hawk
      @Sgt__Hawk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What you are probably referring to is a tradition that arose around the time Doggerland had vanished. It was introduced to recover from the huge losses in population numbers.

    • @MarkLsixtyseven
      @MarkLsixtyseven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which Tesco? i need to know. For research purposes.

  • @jbtv5617
    @jbtv5617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember when they where excavating the Swanscombe skull site as a kid, everyone went down to check it out. A very interesting area indeed.

  • @michaelc3051
    @michaelc3051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many thanks for taking the time to make this programme; I really enjoyed it. You are right, of course: our knowledge of the history of the place which we know as Britain is almost exclusively dominated by the stone age era until today, roughly six thousand years or so. When we begin talking in terms of hundreds of thousands of years, it's difficult to get perspective of the huge time scales, even when we confine ourselves to the epoch of human existence. There is a massive gap in our knowledge, once we go back further than most written records can tell us. It certainly makes one think about how short and insignificant our individual lives are in the grand scheme of things.

  • @anthonymolloy3357
    @anthonymolloy3357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you so much for this. It's a story I've been looking for reliable information on for a long time and I get the impression that you're giving exactly that: when you say "We don't know", it validates everything else. THANK YOU

  • @willievanstraaten1960
    @willievanstraaten1960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for taking history back many thousands of years. Most people are of the belief that it all started about 6 000 years ago. Well done, how much is fact and how much theory we might never know, but it makes a lot of sense.

    • @noel_21
      @noel_21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Hypothesis. Theory is the highest form of evidence in science. It means it is definitely true, maybe some details are wrong, but that's it.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@noel_21 it really does not. Theory means a theory. Some are definitely true, which are known as fact.

    • @noel_21
      @noel_21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@arostwocents The official definition of a theory in the scientific method is:
      an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance to the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement and evaluation of result.
      This is the definition the scientific method works with. A scientific theory is the highest standard of evidence, homologous to fact. Some details may be off, but the general picture is fact.

    • @peterbessant9640
      @peterbessant9640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most people believe it all started 6000 years ago? You can't be serious man 😂

    • @willievanstraaten1960
      @willievanstraaten1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peterbessant9640 My response was to the video. "A History of Britain - The Humans Arrive (1 Million BC - 8000 BC)." Christians believe in the Genesis creation that happened about 6500 years ago, as they work it out. The video and the history, my words: "but it makes a lot of sense." Sorry, I was not clear. Thanks to alow me to correct.

  • @silva7493
    @silva7493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a beautiful production, I'm very glad I found it.

  • @TheMercian13
    @TheMercian13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Good production and lots of research going into this. I appreciate it.

    • @patriciaroe4561
      @patriciaroe4561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One that goes back farther is: Mankind Rising: Where do Humans come from. by Naked Science

  • @sa4540
    @sa4540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a brilliant, well informed video. I enjoyed every minute.
    What I love about this video, is it really blows my mind with regard to time. To us, 1000 years is a ridiculous amount of time, but then when you hear the narrator talking about tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of years, it’s so hard to get my head around it all.

    • @mrsmith6316
      @mrsmith6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could actually listen to his weird way of speaking??? It's truly awful. No native English speaker can listen to this all the way through. His upspeak, saying "th" as "f" and "v" is like audible terrorism. It's nasty. I've no idea where he's from but it's not England, no one talks like "vat" hahaha

    • @sa4540
      @sa4540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mrsmith6316 yes, but I’m not a judgmental moron, I suppose, is my response.

    • @mrsmith6316
      @mrsmith6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not about being judgemental. No English speaking person talks like that. It's awful. Imagine you are learning English and this is how you think people speak. If you spoke to me like that I'd think you were insane

    • @sa4540
      @sa4540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mrsmith6316 listen to you putting his man down. You don’t know his story.
      It’s really sad that you have chosen to openly put this guy down, after he’s probably spent weeks or months putting this great video together.
      The guy is clearly very intelligent. It’s bad that people choose to use the power of anonymity online to put others down and point out their negatives. It’s not something you’d say to someone’s face, whether you believe it or not. Because you know it’s not a nice thing to do.
      I’m not talking to you anymore. Can’t get over your horrid, almost bullying, remarks.

    • @mrsmith6316
      @mrsmith6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sa4540 Bullying? Oh behave, you sound like a proper snowflake. Plenty of people have said the same as me if you read the comments. And yes, I would say it to his face, as I do every time I hear people talking in that weird la la laaa way.

  • @darrelgustafson2507
    @darrelgustafson2507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    This one time.
    At band camp.

    • @polymathism
      @polymathism 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Darrel Gustafson
      For real...
      I had to stop listening.

    • @Juah00
      @Juah00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@polymathism I'm sorry to say but I'm the same. Histocrat - Check your vocal inflections. Your videos are great but your narration could do with an upgrade. Ha.

    • @chivalryalive
      @chivalryalive 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Darrel Gustafson -- This one time, at band camp... Our high school band used to spend one week each summer at 'Mid-Michigan' University to study our music and marching formations for the coming season... One morning, after breakfast, meandered down one hall. I heard the type writer tapping away in the distance (mid 1980s). As I passed an open doorway I looked in and saw the most beautiful woman working at a table. --The rising sun from the window behind her made her shine as if she was an angel! I was awe struck but I collected my senses and walked in to sit down in a chair across from her. I introduced myself and, because her boss was not in that morning, she and I began flirting. (She was 22 and I only 15 yrs.) About 10-12 minutes later, she and I were half dressed in the restroom of this office. Suddenly I remembered my responsibilities: "Tracey!" I asked "What time is it?" "Well, Jeff, It's 8:30..." "Oh, dear Gosh!" I told her "I'm late for morning practice!" I put my shirt back on, pulled up my shorts and grabbed my shoes.... to proceed to run the heck out of her office! (I'm a fool) Standing in her doorway, holding her dress up, she yelled after me, asking what room I was in. I hollered back the number but then continued to sprint to the music hall. My buddies were curious to know where I was. I told them and most of them looked to me with doubt in their eyes. We practiced for a couple hours, then had lunch. -I had sort of forgotten all about the young woman... After lunch as we returned to our room, there was a note taped to the door. It was from that woman. She invited me to her home for dinner. My buddies asked me "What are ya gonna do?" "What the heck do ya think I'm gonna do?... I'm gonna call her!" She picked me up later, took me home, fed me dinner and then we finished what we started earlier that day. I was hours late for evening practice. Sadly, our band never went back to that university for band camp. :-(

    • @anonymousalias.5059
      @anonymousalias.5059 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Damn it i wanted to comment that

    • @Ricardo-gv1zq
      @Ricardo-gv1zq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The perfect comment.

  • @magicaljohan
    @magicaljohan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched the video about the Druids and really enjoyed it, so here I am starting from the beginning of the channel. Loving it so far! A lot of thought and research has clearly gone into the videos on this channel.

  • @pup1008
    @pup1008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Really enjoyed this! Filed in a lot of gaps for me.
    Brilliant job, well done!

  • @richardevppro3980
    @richardevppro3980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thanks for a great show and loved it, We even loved our Dogs back in the stone age,This buried dog was found with 2 dishes, Seems strange we use 2 dishes today 1 for food and 1 for water, weird eh!

  • @bryanburlingham3279
    @bryanburlingham3279 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making these videos. It's where I started on a video history trip on TH-cam, exploring England's history up to the 1600s.

  • @warplanner3258
    @warplanner3258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "..woodworking had arrived in Britain..whereupon they commenced making the Dehavilland Mosquito ensuring that Britain would not be overrun by the Luftwaffe.."

    • @jasondecharleroy4161
      @jasondecharleroy4161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@joeyjamison5772 Then the Americans sold them the F-111 Aardvark and a good time was had by all

    • @greasylimpet5357
      @greasylimpet5357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Them Germans make good aeroplanes, you know

  • @8Steady
    @8Steady 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great video. Really interesting... nice to learn some new - old stuff. Thanks!

  • @therighteousmoose5036
    @therighteousmoose5036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I don't understand what the big problem with the guy's voice is.

    • @therighteousmoose5036
      @therighteousmoose5036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @L B why the hell are you putting this racist crap in a reply to my comment?

    • @mziskin
      @mziskin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You don't understand: he doesn't speak with perfect received pronunciation, and that angers people who expect all British Documentaries to sound like their narrated like the Queen of England or David Attenborough

    • @angrytedtalks
      @angrytedtalks 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @L B Completely untrue. The vast majority of Neanderthals were wiped out by the eruption of Campi Flegrei circa 39,000 years ago. The UK was largely unaffected by this. The ice age saw the last Neanderthals (or anyone else) in UK until about 11,000 years ago when two populations came, both from Europe, over the North Sea via Doggerland and up from Northern France. Until about 9000 years ago all humans were black incidentally.

    • @ottereformicus782
      @ottereformicus782 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Angry Ted wrong lolol, impact in Greenland 13,000 yrs ago Randal Carlson, they found it, the world wasn't African what a joke.

  • @JH-en6ql
    @JH-en6ql ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate the video -- well done! Really like the pacing and the excellent use of visuals.

  • @terrypeart3875
    @terrypeart3875 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    So they had Swiss army stones back then. Who knew.

    • @jerryslater3447
      @jerryslater3447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I make my own Canadian Army Stones, Who knew ?

    • @georgecapra
      @georgecapra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, Millions of years back.

    • @Hinderlengjes
      @Hinderlengjes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Swiss army?

    • @richardmullins1883
      @richardmullins1883 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol
      funnyviralmemes.com/stone-age-swiss-army-knife/

  • @christosvoskresye
    @christosvoskresye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    0:11 To be fair, little did they know that they lived on a globe.

    • @iriscollins7583
      @iriscollins7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some people today believe that the earth is flat.😄😄😄

  • @ommadammo
    @ommadammo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The narrator is one of those people? who puts question marks in the middle of sentences.

  • @peaknonsense2041
    @peaknonsense2041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Little did they know that their descendents would go on to create an empire that covered a quarter of the globe then give it all away because they were afraid to be called names"

  • @bitsnpieces11
    @bitsnpieces11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I find the speaker fully understandable and interesting to hear. Makes you move out of a rut and actually think.

  • @duskostankovic3971
    @duskostankovic3971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Who's watching 2020 👍

  • @geminigirl7857
    @geminigirl7857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you so much for this. So detailed and informative! Loved it!

  • @annethomas9302
    @annethomas9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Education I truly appreciate, explains a lot of wonders.

  • @CelticSaint
    @CelticSaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    'This one time, at band camp' lol

  • @erickentroller4132
    @erickentroller4132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The use of Age of Empires music in this documentary was sublime.

    • @ThAxelic
      @ThAxelic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought it was the old Stronghold tune

    • @Mossyz.
      @Mossyz. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThAxelic It is Stronghold tune ...100%

    • @erickentroller4132
      @erickentroller4132 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've never played stronghold, but I certainly have played Age of Empires and for sure knew right away when I heard it. Now the video is not Entirely AoE music and at those times that it isn't is probably when Stronghold music is used or perhaps another game as well.

    • @RestingJudge
      @RestingJudge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought it was CK2 music?!?!

    • @alexanderrahl482
      @alexanderrahl482 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RestingJudge same

  • @ksapkota5360
    @ksapkota5360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Liked for the CK2 music at the beginning... hope you've made it out of Ireland!

  • @kimberlypatton205
    @kimberlypatton205 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t want this to end! Wonderful! More, please!

  • @graydoncarruth397
    @graydoncarruth397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would say Stonehenge likely WAS writing in the context of that culture.

  • @wagstaff4921
    @wagstaff4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent work a great watch, it's good finding a proper chronology of humans in Britain pre Roman

  • @gabe5138
    @gabe5138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    “They were called Homo Sapiens... they were Uz..”

    • @britishempire6443
      @britishempire6443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The British cut off from our homo sapiens during the last Ice age we are now called Homo-Sarcastic

    • @JorvikBerserkir
      @JorvikBerserkir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WE WUZ UZ

    • @JorvikBerserkir
      @JorvikBerserkir 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ᚱᛰUᛠӖᚱ ᚦᗩӖϻᛰᚤ U WOT M8 I SWEAR M8 ILL CLUB YA

    • @sedwillful
      @sedwillful 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JorvikBerserkir So you migrated from Africa and took out the Neanderthals?

    • @JorvikBerserkir
      @JorvikBerserkir 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sedwillful yeah im still kicking around too. Im old as fuck

  • @BennygoatHistory
    @BennygoatHistory ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that was an absolutely lovely video, so glad I found your channel!

  • @micsulli19
    @micsulli19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved the music from Stronghold at the beginning

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for a nice summary of current knowledge.

    • @ulyssees30y
      @ulyssees30y 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is REALLY dated information. Current archaeological discoveries and DNA studies have turned much of this upside down. You can find many of them for free on The Procedings of the National Academy of Science is website. PNAS.org

    • @skibumwannabe5492
      @skibumwannabe5492 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Out dated "knowledge" this stuff was found incorrect years ago

  • @Odo55
    @Odo55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think Ringo Starr would be a great narrator

    • @nickburlton5821
      @nickburlton5821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Peace and love...

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd like to go the opposite direction and get some Scottish Neds or British Chavs narrate a documentary. If they interview anyone with a dissenting opinion (like a climate change denier) then the host could just scream "you fookin wat mate!?!" and headbutt them.

  • @Ragazar
    @Ragazar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love how you guys used music from Stronghold 😂😂 Recognized it instantly.